Starship Asterisk*

Milky Way Lamp Outdoor bath by MASAHIRO MIYASAKA, on Flickr

From the Scorpion to the Shield by Transient Astronomer, on Flickr

From the Scorpion to the Shield (Annotated Version) by Transient Astronomer, on Flickr

Images Credit and Copyright: Terry Hancock, Tom Masterson, Grand Mesa Observatory

LDN 1251

Author: Bart Delsaert
Website: http://delsaert.com/

Full resolution:
http://delsaert.files.wordpress.com/201 ... 1_lrgb.jpg

As far as I know there's no popular name for this molecular cloud, but when looking at it, let's call it the Anglerfish Nebula



Telescope: Dream Scope 16" f/3.75
Mount: ASA DDM85
Camera: FLI ML16803 + Astrodon LRGB Gen2 E-Series

Bubble Nebula in Ha
imaged from London
Credit Jaspal Chadha

Wizard Nebula
imaged from London
Credit Jaspal Chadha

Hello,
A recent 10 hours of Ha and OIII with my ASA10
The full is here https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/apIIPg4 ... hqkGbg.jpg
Hope you enjoy !

vdB 1
Copyright Michael Deger
Image details and higher resolutions: http://www.galaxyphoto.de/vdB1_I.htm


Best regards
Michael

SH2-155 Colourful Cave Nebula by Andre van der Hoeven, on Flickr

IC4628 - Prawn Nebula by Delberson Tiago de Souza, no Flickr

NGC55 - A barred spiral galaxy by Delberson Tiago de Souza, no Flickr

Omega Centauri NGC 5139 and IFN
Copyright: Leonardo Julio http://astronomiapampeana.com.ar/foto/2 ... tauri.html

Two in One - NGC 6820 Nebula and NGC 6823 Cluster in Vulpecula

NGC 6820 is a small reflection nebula near the open cluster NGC 6823 in Vulpecula. The reflection nebula and cluster are embedded in a large faint emission nebula called Sh 2-86. The whole area of nebulosity is often referred to as NGC 6820.


URL of Website: http://astrophotographysirius.com/
Copyright: Lluís Romero

Comet C/2017 S3 (PANSTARRS)

Image taken remotely with T14 of iTelescope.net
L 3x300s
RGB 1x300s

Copyright: Galloni Gianluca
High resolution here: https://flic.kr/p/Mgo8rh

North America Nebula Widefield



Hi Res: http://deepskywest.com/wp-content/uploa ... sed-v1.jpg
RH305
16803
SHO Narrowband
A-P 1600AE

Deep Sky West Remote Observatory

Stars, a Meteor and Bioluminescence

Seen close to midnight from North Beach at Point Reyes National Seashore, bioluminescent organisms make the surf emit a faint, barely visible blue light, while a bright meteor appears in the clear sky above the ocean.


[by fksr, on Flickr

Vertical symmetry by Juan-Carlos Munoz-Mateos, on Flickr

IC4603 - Blue Reflection Nebula by Delberson Tiago de Souza, no Flickr

Lagoon Nebula


Lagoon Nebula by maicon germiniani, no Flickr

Hello,
15 hours of SHO with my ASA10
A massive variable star, 1650x greater than our sun.
The full is here https://www.astrobin.com/full/357596/0/?nc=user
Hope you enjoy

Copyright: Mark Hanson, S. Mazlin, R. Parker ,W. Keller, T. Tse, P. Proulx, R. Vanderbei, M. Elvov; SSRO/PROMPT/CTIO

Here is my Rendition of NGC 6164 in Norma from Star Shadows Remote in CTiO, Chile taken in May and June of this year.
A Beautiful emission nebula NGC 6164 was created by a rare, hot, luminous O-type star, some 40 times as massive as the Sun. Seen at the center of the cosmic cloud, the star is a mere 3 to 4 million years old. In another three to four million years the massive star will end its life in a supernova explosion. Spanning around 4 light-years, the nebula itself has a bipolar symmetry. That makes it similar in appearance to more common and familiar planetary nebulae - the gaseous shrouds surrounding dying sun-like stars. Also like many planetary nebulae, NGC 6164 has been found to have an extensive, faint halo, revealed in this deep telescopic image of the region. Expanding into the surrounding interstellar medium, the material in the halo is likely from an earlier active phase of the O star. The gorgeous skyscape is a composite of extensive narrow-band image data, highlighting glowing atomic hydrogen gas in red and oxygen in blue hues, with broad-band data for the surrounding starfield. NGC 6164 is 4,200 light-years away in the right-angled southern constellation of Norma.

https://www.hansonastronomy.com/ngc-6141

Thank you, Mark Hanson

The rough Ikarian landscape (Ikaria island - Greece) illuminated by the quarter Moon and the photographer, trying to 'touch' Polaris in this well planned shooting.

IC1318 Butterfly Nebula
https://www.freddyuniverse.com/galeria- ... nebulosas/
Copyright: © Freddyuniverse Alfredo Sayalero

Hello,

Mosaic of 18 panels of the Milky Way with airglows (visible in green) on the observatory of Roque de los Muchachos, in La Palma, Canary Islands with the MAGIC Telescopes, the GTC, the Galileo National Telescope ...

Sony A7S Samyang 35mm T1.5 @ f / 2 12800iso 8sx5 per panel.

Maxime Tessier

https://www.max-astrophotographie.fr/
Bigger size here : https://www.max-astrophotographie.fr/co ... res-du-gtc

Hello,

The Milky Way reflects in one of the MAGIC telescopes (Major Atmospheric Gamma-ray Imaging Cherenkov Telescope) and illuminates the GTC (10.40m telescope) in La Palma, Canary Islands.

Sony A7s, Samyang 35mm T1.5 @ f/2.0

Maxime Tessier
https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/QJxiBrg ... hqkGbg.jpg

Biggest version here : https://www.astrobin.com/full/356202/0/?real=&mod=

My website : https://www.max-astrophotographie.fr/

The Milky Way and planet Mars from inside of a shallow cave in 'Seychelles Beach', Ikaria island, Greece.